Mark Burnett’s ‘Lucha Underground’ Renewed For Third Season By El Rey Network

On the heels of its Season 2 premiere, El Rey Network has renewed popular Lucha Libre wrestling series Lucha Underground for a third season. Production is set to begin in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles for premiere in 2017.

Lucha Underground has introduced American audiences to the high-flying aerial maneuvers, slingshot moves, dramatic masks, intricate, rapid-fire combinations and distinctive wrestling techniques of lucha libre, one of Mexico’s most popular sports.